---NKU’s Liz Holmes enters Tuesday night’s match with Lincoln Memorial with 1,428 career kills, which ranks seventh all-time in Norse history. Holmes hit .538 last week as NKU posted a 4-1 record.

HIGHLAND HEIGHTS, Ky. - Northern Kentucky University is ranked 24th nationally in the latest NCAA Division II volleyball rankings, which were released Monday by the American Volleyball Coaches Association.

NKU is 8-1 overall and opened the season by knocking off nationally ranked North Alabama and Ashland. The Norse will play host to Lincoln Memorial (6-1) Tuesday at 6 p.m. in Regents Hall. That match can also be heard live on the Internet at www.nkunorse.com.

NKU will meet two nationally ranked opponents on Friday in No. 7 Hillsdale (Mich.) and No. 13 Grand Valley State. Those matches will take place at Ashland, Ohio.

On Saturday, NKU opens Great Lakes Valley Conference action with a neutral-court match against Kentucky Wesleyan in Ashland, Ohio. The Norse will also play Wheeling Jesuit on Saturday to conclude the two-day event.

HOLMES MOVES UP CAREER LIST: NKU senior middle hitter Liz Holmes enters Tuesday night with 1,428 career kills, which ranks seventh all-time in Norse history. Holmes, a graduate of Mercy High School in Cincinnati, hit .538 and averaged 4.8 kills per game last week in five matches.

Holmes converted 82 kills with just 11 errors in 132 attempts, and she averaged 16.4 kills and 9.9 digs per match. She had 28 kills and attacked at a .568 clip against California (Pa.), and she later hit .750 (13 kills in 16 attempts with only one error) against West Liberty State.

THE LAST TIME AGAINST LMU: On Sept. 1, 2005, at Harrogate, Tenn., Liz Holmes recorded 15 kills, nine digs and a .700 hitting percentage as NKU knocked off previously unbeaten Lincoln Memorial, 30-27, 30-21, 31-29, in Mars Gym. Holmes converted the 15 kills in 20 attempts with just one error. She also added a service ace and a block. Setter Andrea Lanham finished with 34 assists, five kills and four service aces for NKU, which is 2-0 all-time against Lincoln Memorial.

AVCA NCAA Division II Top 25

Rank School (First-Place Votes) Total Points, Record
1 Cal State San Bernardino (22) 875 8-0
2 Tampa (10) 859 7-1
3 Concordia-St. Paul (4) 827 8-0
4 Minnesota Duluth 804 7-1
5 Florida Southern 740 6-1
6 Truman 702 6-2
T-7 Central Missouri 588 7-1
T-7 Hillsdale 588 7-2
9 UC San Diego 562 6-2
10 Ashland 546 7-1
11 Southwest Minnesota State 493 6-2
12 Washburn 466 8-1
13 Grand Valley State 442 6-2
14 SIU Edwardsville 411 6-2
15 West Texas A&M 368 6-3
16 Nebraska-Omaha 348 6-2
17 Augustana (S.D.) 318 6-2
18 Pittsburg State 304 8-1
19 Chico State 246 6-3
T-20 Cal State L.A. 206 4-3
T-20 Rockhurst 206 7-1
22 North Alabama 180 3-5
23 Wayne State (Neb.) 131 7-2
24 Northern Kentucky 116 8-1
T-25 Minnesota State 85 7-1
T-25 Nebraska-Kearney 85 7-2
Others Receiving Votes and listed on two or more ballots: Seattle Pacific 76; Western Washington 44; BYU-Hawai’i 35; Northwood (Mich.) 12; Northwest Nazarene 8; Findlay 7.